I am inputting a business's transactions manually into quickbooks from another accounting program. I'm not sure what to do with the payroll. Do I do it as journal entries

Hi there,

Welcome to the QuickBooks Online family! Making sure you're recording your transactions the right way is a good exercise for preventing errors in your books. 

I recommend contacting an accounting professional to get more info on this. If you're not in contact with one, I encourage you to search for one on our website using this link here. Doing this will help prevent any future discrepancies. Based on what you've described, I encourage to review this article with more info on recording payroll transactions manually: Record payroll transactions manually. If you need help with manually entering transactions, here's a helpful article to reference: Manually enter transactions.

In case you need further assistance, feel free to contact our support team using this link here.